traffic is moving at about 35 mph. the mercedes merges onto the freeway, heading west. javal's van follows.
the van follows, now directly behind the mercedes, in a procession of vehicles going up the long, curved overpass arcing 100 feet above the 10, toward the 405.
other drivers, not knowing whether colonel lee's rocket is the biological missile, scatter away from him. colonel lee squeezes onto the freeway on-ramp.
several police cars clear a path for two huge, yellow dwp bulldozers borrowed from a construction cite.
the windows on the mercedes glide open.
carson climbs onto the roof of the ambulance.